Quotes by Luther Burbank

About Luther Burbank:

Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed (but did not create) a spineless cactus (useful for cattle-feed) and the plumcot.
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As a scientist, I can not help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired. The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't want to have anything to do with suc...

Luther Burbank

Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also should introduce a clause to prevent the use of the telescope, the microscope and the spec...

Luther Burbank

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.

Luther Burbank

Justice, love, truth, peace and harmony, a serene unity with science and the laws of the universe.

Luther Burbank

I do not think there is a person in this world who has been a more ardent admirer of than I have been. . His memory calls forth my most sincere homage, love, and esteem. {Burbank on the great , whom he admired so much that he requested 's eulogy for ...

Luther Burbank
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Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.

Luther Burbank

I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.

Luther Burbank

We must return to nature and nature's god.

Luther Burbank

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.

Luther Burbank

Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.

Luther Burbank

The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead.

Luther Burbank

If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.

Luther Burbank

If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.

Luther Burbank

Author Bio

  • NameLuther Burbank
  • DescriptionAmerican botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science
  • BornMarch 7, 1849
  • DiedApril 11, 1926
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHorticulturist; Geneticist; Author; Botanist; Gardener